diff --git a/dev-python/kaitaistruct/Manifest b/dev-python/kaitaistruct/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec7d0a659be27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/kaitaistruct/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST kaitaistruct-0.8.tar.gz 5158 BLAKE2B 802435e81c8ec2544f26109762d43d7761c8672714107861e5f981583bf38ab85b3c2f1f3be5d25429287b380b756599fb51cedd130870f2cd9cfe221fd2f509 SHA512 8361e30c5bec9a7c57c280d277232ff4123686f29f3813e61cde9bf7512ead2e2f447ea1e18b8925aefe432edbbd9682a690293dcb928a9049c4c81832b5666f
diff --git a/dev-python/kaitaistruct/kaitaistruct-0.8.ebuild b/dev-python/kaitaistruct/kaitaistruct-0.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bc1eb4526a51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/kaitaistruct/kaitaistruct-0.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} pypy )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Kaitai Struct runtime for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://kaitai.io/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
diff --git a/dev-python/kaitaistruct/metadata.xml b/dev-python/kaitaistruct/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7214b7e32c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/kaitaistruct/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>oleksandr.trotsenko@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Oleksandr Trotsenko</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>